Dead or Alive 1999  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi, Hitoshi Ozawa, Shingo Tsurumi, Kaoru Sugita, Dankan, Michisuke Kashiwaya, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima
Now here's a shocker. The first 10 minutes grab your attention with the violence and blood but then settles into a conventional, but good, tale of the narcotics cop (Sho Aikawa) pitted against a drug czar (Riki Takeuchi).
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Dead or Alive 2: The Birds 2000  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Sho Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, ShinyaTsukamoto, Kenichi Endo, Edison Chen, Ren Osugi, Masato, Tomorowo Taguchi, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Teah
In the second installment of Takashi Miike's trilogy, two hit men (Sho Aikawa and Riki Takeuchi) cross paths while performing their jobs. They had been childhood friends growing up in an orphanage and now decide to go in business for themselves–this time ridding the world of the bad guys while giving their rewards to children in need.
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Dead or Alive: Final 2002  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Sho Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Maria Chen, Richard Cheung, Josie Ho, Terence Yin, Kenneth Lo, Hiroyoshi Komuro
Set in the year 2346, the city state of Yokohama is run by crazed, gay Dictator Woo (Richard Cheung) who has outlawed non-gay activities such as sex, marriage, and children and uses drugs to control the population. But there are those out there who are planning on overthrowing the regime. The final film of the trilogy of high-adventure master Takashi Miike.
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Deadly Outlaw: Rekka 2002 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Violent Fire
Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Riki Takeuchi, Ryosuke Miki, Kenichi Endo, Mika Katsumura, Sonny Chiba, Yuya Uchida, Tetsuro Tamba, Miho Nomoto, Rikiya Yasuoka
When his leader and father figure is killed by a rival gang, Kunisada (Riki Takeuchi) takes off with his sidekick (Kenich Endo) to avenge the killing.
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Fudoh: The New Generation 1996 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Shosuke Tanihara, Kenji Takano, Marie Jinno, Tamaki Kenmochi, Toru Minegishi, Miho Nomoto, Riki Takeuchi, Takeshi Caesar, Yuichi Minato, Mickey Curtis
After a mob leader kills his son, the surviving son recruits his own gang and sets out to avenge his brother's murder.
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| 1. Dead or Alive (1999)
2. Dead or Alive 2: The Birds (2000)
3. Dead or Alive: Final (2002)
4. Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)
aka: Violent Fire
5. Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
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